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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Pacific Fusion predicts “1,000-fold leap” in performance, net facility gain by 2030
Inertial fusion energy (IFE) developer Pacific Fusion, based in Fremont, Calif., announced this morning that it is on target to achieve net facility gain—more fusion energy out than all energy stored in the system—with a demonstration system by 2030, and backs the claim with a technical paper published yesterday on arXiv: “Affordable, manageable, practical, and scalable (AMPS) high-yield and high-gain inertial fusion.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Chaitanya S. Deo
Alternate Chair:
Kallie E. Metzger
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Jessie Vazquez (American Nuclear Society)
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Materials Compatibility with Flowing Molten Lead at 500°C
Osman Anderoglu (University of New Mexico), Khaled Talaat (University of New Mexico), Cemal Cakez (University of New Mexico), Shuprio Ghosh (University of New Mexico), Madhavan Radhakrishnan (University of New Mexico), Keith Woloshun (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Stuart A. Maloy (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Cetin Unal (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Michael R. Ickes (Westinghouse Electric Company), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC)
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BISON Metallic Fuels Benchmark Simulations Based on the X430 Experiment
Ian Greenquist (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jeffrey Powers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Modeling of Self-Powered Neutron Detectors (SPND) for the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR)
Nathan A. Conner (Idaho State University), George R. Imel (Idaho State University), Jason T. Harris (Purdue University)
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